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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Stoic sage aim for?

2. In what religion do you do away with all feeling and obtain a type of peace?

3. Heschel states that it is important to distinguish between the objective and subjective aspects of what?

4. What is the ultimate purpose of ecstasy?

5. In early Israel, the gift of poetry was regarded as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Heschel explain the beliefs that the prophets were frauds?

2. What is the purpose of ecstasy, as explained by Heschel?

3. How does Heschel think much of the Bible should be looked at?

4. What does Heschel say gives the prophets the courage to speak out?

5. To what does Heschel compare the descriptions of prophecy?

6. What does Heschel describe as the end to indifference?

7. Why does Heschel say Karma is opposed to prophetic thinking?

8. What is anthropopathy?

9. How does Heschel describe Tao as an antithesis to the prophetic idea of God?

10. Do all scholars agree with Philo's view of ecstasy and the prophets?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is prophecy? How do you distinguish prophecy from other forms of speech or from predictions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss prophetic and poetic inspiration. Include information on what different scholars have to say and Heschel's explanation of the difference between inspiration for poetry and inspiration for prophecy.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following prophets: Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Second Isaiah. Discuss the prophet in detail, including who he is, where he came from, what he did, his prophecy, etc.

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